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What is the point of open outcry when electronic trading exists? This apply's to S&P futures aswell.

Does anyone know what foreign currency he is shorting the USD against? Apparently, he's using forward contracts to make his bets. Can anyone explain to me how that works? Why not just go through the spot market?

Government spending will never produce results. The private sector has to start getting serious about alternative energy before any real head way can be made.

This kind of populist demagoguery belongs on a communist forum (or a Democratic National Party forum) not on elitetrader.com; an archetype of capatilism.

If you think PTJ and Kovner made billions by day trading then you're an idiot. Caxton Associates is one of the largest hedge funds in the industry at around 10 Billion, now imagine that he uses leverage aswell. Now try to imagine day trading with $15 Billion dollars.

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$500 a month

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Hedge Funds more negative on US stocks in weekly ISI poll, with net exposure down to its lowest since last March when the market hit a bottom. Gross exposure to stocks fell too, indicating this leveraged spec crowd added to short positions. This is important as this institutional segment becomes...

Then what is the difference between Currenex Refco and Regular Refco?

Is that like FXALL? Because those platforms - as per my understanding - are for physical delivery, not margin trading like FXCM, GainCapital et al. Also, I'm under the impression they don't cater to intraday traders.

What is currenex? It sounds familiar.

"Tdy"s Nikkei Kinyu Shimbun"s inside view says recent DLR strength could be due to active repatriation by US hedge fund accounts that are suffering significant losses amidst fears of higher funds raising costs due to possible higher US interest rates. It introduces a survey report that showed...

riskarb, what do you think of IDEA? I checked out their websites and they seem fairly professional. Do you they provide usefull analysis and information or just state the obvious?

Anyone know the website address for IDEA? I use Informa Global Markets for FX analytics and news. They also provide technical and fundamental trading signals. They are pricy though, because they generally cater to instititions and not to the retail trader. www.informagm.com

I think we have seen the market low for the time being. The next couple of weeks will be characterized by a volatile range trading environment. Those who are looking for a sustained stockmarket slide will be disappointed.

Good question, I would like to know that aswell.

I think the biggest draw of the Futures market is the liquidity. For rapid-fire traders, the stockmarket doesn't offer sufficient liquidty.

I can't believe I wasted 15 seconds reading those two posts